Criminal negligence behind Vadodara flood situation: Cong targets BJP

As the yatra proceeded from Manjusar, Dumad, Chhani and parts of Vadodara city, Chavda and Leader of Opposition Dr Tushar Chaudhary continued to accuse the BJP of failing to implement policies. Chaudhary said BJP is a government of industrialists. “This government can only think of industrialists. It is a government that protects industrialists no matter what wrong they do. Here the Labor Law, Factory Act and law and order do not apply to workers. If change is to be brought about, then an organised struggle is necessary and the Congress Party is fully ready for that struggle and in the coming time we will fight for the rights and entitlements of workers from the streets to the House…”

Chavda said workers in GIDC Savli were being made to toil for over 12 hours despite the eight-hours work-a-day law and without any safety arrangements. “When workers die in accidents, their families are not given any proper compensation or assistance. Local youth are not given employment. The workers have also made a serious representation that BJP leaders are extorting huge amounts from the companies at the expense of exploiting the workers, due to which the condition of the workers is becoming more miserable. Laws were made for the workers during the Congress governments, but not a single law is being followed under the BJP rule,” Chavda said.

The Congress also attacked the BJP for its silence in the cases of the atrocities against Hindus in Bangladesh as well as the weakening rupee against the dollar.